Aruna Ratanagiri Dhamma Talks

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(keywords) (slightly edited version) Hubris, unconscionable conduct, disappointment, huffy, Vikings, obligation, Kosambi, Devadatta, Chanda, sent to Coventry, help desk, disparaging, clinging, Rangiputa Beach, discipline attention, retreats, restrict field of awareness, close the heart, commitment, willpower, breathing, stomach upset, attic, basement, placate, living room, open-heartedness, devotional chanting, aliveness, vulnerable, raw, edge of overwhelm, dare to live, tears flow, compassion, Dhammapada 179.

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(keywords) (slightly edited version) Inspiration, Alan Watts, retreat, spiritual community, modicum of tranquillity, use by date, disillusionment, conundrum, dying, indictment, fear of madness, greedy for results, unmet dukkha, sukha, overwhelm, humiliation, trauma, re-traumatized, 4 brahman viharas, force fields, protections, trauma of omission, trauma of commission, incremental trauma, talking therapy, listening therapy, movement therapy, qi gong, swimming, jogging, touch therapy, craneo sacral, acupuncture, PTSD, breathing therapy, disembodied, qualified, craving, skilful wanting, secular materialists, wrong end of the stick, self rightly aligned, Dhammapada 103, ordeal, rejection, charnel ground, deluded self, respect, admiration, backlog or denied life.

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